C_TS452_2022 SAP Certified Application Associate - SAP S/4HANA Sourcing and Procurement Questions and Answers

To determine the safety stock during automatic reorder point planning, the system requires the following data:

• Service level, which is the probability of avoiding a stockout situation during the replenishment lead time.
• Mean absolute deviation, which is a measure of the forecast accuracy based on the historical consumption data.
• Replenishment lead time, which is the time required to procure or produce a material. References: SAP S/4HANA Sourcing and Procurement | SAP Learning, Course S4525, Unit 1, Lesson 1.

The Freeze Book Inventory indicator in a physical inventory document header fixes the book inventory in the physical inventory document at the beginning of the count. This means that any goods movements that occur after the count date are not reflected in the book inventory quantity. References: SAP S/4HANA Sourcing and Procurement | SAP Learning, Course S4510, Unit 5, Lesson 1.

When you post a goods receipt to stock with reference to a purchase order, you can perform the following actions:

• Post a goods receipt for part of the order quantity, which means that you can receive multiple partial deliveries for the same purchase order item.
• Split the quantity received to multiple storage locations, which means that you can distribute the goods receipt quantity among different places where materials are physically stored within a plant.
• Post the quantity received to quality inspection stock, which means that the materials are subject to a quality inspection before they can be used or sold. References: [SAP S/4HANA Sourcing and Procurement | SAP Learning], Course S4510, Unit 2, Lesson 1.

To enable the ability to personalize the home page, you must configure it in the SAP Fiori launchpad. The SAP Fiori launchpad is a role-based, personalized, and real-time access point for SAP applications and services. You can configure the personalization settings for the home page in Customizing under SAP Fiori -> Launchpad -> Personalization Settings. References: SAP S/4HANA Sourcing and Procurement | SAP Learning, Course S4500, Unit 1, Lesson 1.

The quota base quantity is the total quantity of a material that is to be procured over a certain period of time from various sources of supply. The quota arrangement specifies how this quantity is to be distributed among the sources of supply. If a new supplier is added to an existing quota arrangement, the quota base quantity must be updated to reflect the new situation. This way, the new supplier will be considered as if they had been part of the quota arrangement from the beginning. The other options do not ensure this, as they only affect the existing sources of supply or the source list. References: [SAP Help Portal], [SAP Community]

The stock determination strategy is a set of rules that defines how the system selects a suitable stock for a material requirement. To use a stock determination strategy for a material in management, some prerequisites are needed. First, a stock determination rule must be assigned to the business transaction in Customizing. This rule specifies which stock types and special stocks are allowed for the transaction. Second, a stock determination rule must be customized and assigned to the storage type. This rule defines the sequence in which the system searches for available stock within the storage type. Third, a cross-application strategy for stock determination must be customized. This strategy determines how the system selects a storage location and a batch for the material requirement. The other options are not prerequisites, as they are optional or not related to the stock determination strategy. References: [SAP Help Portal], [SAP Community]

Automatic conversion of purchase requisitions into purchase orders is a process that allows you to create purchase orders automatically from purchase requisitions without manual intervention. The prerequisites for this process are:

• The Automatic Purchase Order indicator is set in the purchasing data of the business partner master record, which means that the vendor is authorized for automatic purchase order creation.
• A source of supply containing valid conditions is assigned to the purchase requisition, which means that there is an agreement or an outline agreement with the vendor that specifies the price and other terms for the material.
• The Automatic Purchase Order indicator is set in the plant-specific purchasing data of the material master record, which means that the material is suitable for automatic purchase order creation. References: [SAP Help Portal], [SAP Help Portal], [SAP Help Portal]

Supplier consignment is a special procurement process in which the materials are stored at your premises but are still owned by the vendor. What you must do when using supplier consignment are:

• Create consignment info records, which contain information about the conditions and delivery data for a consignment material from a specific vendor.
• Settle liabilities resulting from consignment stock withdrawals, which means that you pay the vendor for the materials that you have consumed from the consignment stock. References: SAP S/4HANA Sourcing and Procurement | SAP Learning, Course S4520, Unit 4, Lesson 1.

Material requirements planning (MRP) is a process that calculates the net requirements and generates planned orders or purchase requisitions for materials based on various factors, such as demand, supply, lead time, lot size, safety stock, etc. To carry out MRP for a plant, some prerequisites are needed. Two of them are:

• Maintain MRP data in the material master record for the materials to be planned automatically: This prerequisite is necessary, as the MRP data contains the parameters that control how the system plans the material, such as MRP type, MRP group, MRP controller, lot size, procurement type, special procurement, etc. Without these parameters, the system cannot determine the optimal quantity and timing of the material requirements.
• Maintain plant parameters for the corresponding plant in Customizing: This prerequisite is necessary, as the plant parameters define the global settings that apply to all materials in the plant, such as planning horizon, planning calendar, opening period, scheduling margin key, etc. These settings influence how the system calculates the dates and quantities of the planned orders or purchase requisitions.

The account determination for planned delivery costs based on the condition type is controlled by the account key that is assigned to the condition type in Customizing for Materials Management under Purchasing -> Conditions -> Define Price Determination Process -> Define Condition Types. The account key determines which general ledger accounts are posted to during invoice verification. References: SAP S/4HANA Sourcing and Procurement | SAP Learning, Course S4515, Unit 3, Lesson 1.

The account assignment category determines whether you can change the account assignment data for a consumable material during invoice receipt. You can set this parameter in Customizing for Materials Management under Purchasing -> Account Assignment -> Maintain Account Assignment Categories. References: SAP S/4HANA Sourcing and Procurement | SAP Learning, Course S4520, Unit 3, Lesson 2.

A movement type is a key that determines how goods movements are updated in inventory management and accounting. When defining a new movement type, you can configure some of the following aspects:

• The value string for account determination, which means that you can define which accounts are posted during the goods movement based on the valuation area, valuation class, account category reference, transaction/event key, etc.
• The allowed transactions, which means that you can define which transactions (such as goods receipt, goods issue, transfer posting, etc.) are possible with the movement type.
• The field control, which means that you can define which fields are mandatory, optional, or hidden in the material document for the movement type. References: [SAP Help Portal], [SAP Help Portal], [SAP Help Portal]

Blocking reason Quality is set for an item in an invoice when one of the following situations occurs:

• Goods-receipt-based invoice verification is used and NO usage decision has been made for / O the inspection lot for the item in the invoice. This means that the quality inspection for the received goods has not been completed and the invoice cannot be posted until then.
• Goods-receipt-based invoice verification is NOT used and NO usage decision has been made ^ ^ for any inspection lot for the item in the invoice. This means that there are pending quality inspections for other goods receipts of the same material and the invoice cannot be posted until they are resolved. References: SAP S/4HANA Sourcing and Procurement | SAP Learning, Course S4515, Unit 1, Lesson 1.

The SAP Fiori launchpad is a role-based, personalized, and real-time access point for SAP applications and services. Some personalization options of the SAP Fiori launchpad are:

• Add new tile groups, which are collections of tiles that represent different applications or tasks. You can create your own tile groups and arrange them according to your preferences.
• Add tiles to existing tile groups, which means that you can add more applications or tasks to the tile groups that are already available on your launchpad. You can also remove tiles from tile groups or move them to different tile groups. References: SAP S/4HANA Sourcing and Procurement | SAP Learning, Course S4500, Unit 1, Lesson 1.

The conditions in an already created purchasing info record can be automatically updated by selecting the Info Update indicator when maintaining a quotation from a vendor. This indicator tells the system to update or create purchasing info records with the conditions from the quotation when saving it. The other options do not update the conditions in an existing purchasing info record, as they either create new purchasing info records or do not affect them at all. References: [SAP Help Portal], [SAP Community]

The field that you can use to prevent a discontinued material from being procured is Material Status. This field allows you to block or restrict certain functions for a material, such as purchasing, production, sales, etc. You can define different material statuses in Customizing and assign them to materials in the material master record. For example, you can define a material status that blocks purchasing and sales for a material and assign it to a discontinued material. This way, you can prevent any further procurement or sales of that material.

To manually post an initial entry of stock for a material in SAP S/4HANA, you can use the following options:

• On the SAP Fiori launchpad, use the Post Goods Movement app, which allows you to post various types of goods movements such as goods receipts, goods issues, transfers, or returns. You can enter both a quantity and an amount for the initial entry of stock.
• In the SAP GUI, use transaction MIGO (Goods Movement), which is similar to the Post Goods Movement app but with a different user interface. You can also enter both a quantity and an amount for the initial entry of stock. References: SAP S/4HANA Sourcing and Procurement | SAP Learning, Course S4510, Unit 2, Lesson 1.

Some effects of parking a purchase order are:

• You can use Situation Handling to alert users about incomplete documents, which means that you can notify the responsible users or approvers about the parked purchase orders that need their attention or action.
• You can use a workflow to request completion of the document, which means that you can automate and streamline the process of completing and releasing the parked purchase orders by using predefined rules and conditions. References: SAP S/4HANA Sourcing and Procurement | SAP Learning, Course S4520, Unit 1, Lesson 1.

Centrally agreed contracts are contracts that are created by a central purchasing organization and can be used by multiple purchasing organizations within a company. Some of the characteristics of centrally agreed contracts are:

• You can use centrally agreed contracts in a procurement hub scenario, which means that you can leverage the central purchasing organization’s negotiation power and expertise to procure materials or services for other purchasing organizations.
• You cannot specify plants in centrally agreed contracts, which means that the contracts are not plant-specific and can be used by any plant that belongs to the purchasing organizations that are assigned to the central purchasing organization. References: [SAP Help Portal], [SAP Help Portal]

A stock transport order is a special type of purchase order that allows you to transfer stock between two plants. Compared to a stock transfer posting, a stock transport order has some advantages, such as:

• You can create stock transport requisitions via MRP, which means you can plan the stock transfer based on the demand and supply situation of the plants1.
• You can post goods receipt to consumption, which means you can directly consume the transferred stock without updating the inventory2.
• You can plan delivery costs, which means you can include the transportation costs in the valuation of the transferred stock. References: SAP Help Portal, SAP Community, [SAP Blogs]

The SAP Smart Business key performance indicator (KPI) tiles are interactive dashboards that provide real-time insights and analytics for purchasing processes. Some of the key features of these tiles are:

• Insight to Action: This feature allows the user to drill down into the details of the KPI and perform appropriate actions based on the analysis. For example, the user can view the purchase requisitions that are overdue and create purchase orders for them directly from the tile.
• Smart alert thresholds: This feature allows the user to set different thresholds for the KPI values and change the color or icon of the tile accordingly. For example, the user can set a red alert if the purchase requisition-to-order cycle time exceeds a certain limit. The tile will display a red icon and notify the user of the critical situation.

To restrict the visibility of pricing conditions in purchase orders to certain users, you must use user parameter EFB (Pricing Conditions). This parameter determines whether pricing conditions are displayed or hidden in purchase orders for each user. You can set this parameter in Customizing under Materials Management -> Purchasing -> Conditions -> Define User Parameter for Pricing Conditions. References: SAP S/4HANA Sourcing and Procurement | SAP Learning, Course S4520, Unit 3, Lesson 2.

A business partner master record for a supplier is a central data record that contains information about the general data, accounting data, and purchasing data for a supplier. You must maintain a business partner master record for a supplier at the following organizational levels:

• Client, which is the highest level in the SAP system hierarchy and contains data that is valid for all organizational units.
• Purchasing organization, which is an organizational unit that is responsible for procuring materials or services for one or more plants and negotiating prices and conditions with vendors.
• Company code, which is the smallest organizational unit for which a complete self-contained set of accounts can be drawn up. References: SAP S/4HANA Sourcing and Procurement | SAP Learning, Course S4500, Unit 1, Lesson 1.

When you enter a supplier invoice for a purchase order that has already been delivered, you can use the following documents as a reference:

• Delivery note, which is a document issued by the vendor that confirms the delivery of goods and contains information such as delivery date, quantity, and weight.
• Goods receipt, which is a document posted by you that records the receipt of goods from a vendor and updates the stock and inventory data. References: SAP S/4HANA Sourcing and Procurement | SAP Learning, Course S4515, Unit 1, Lesson 1.

 To make sure that consignment purchase orders utilize a different number range than other purchase orders, you must customize a new document type, assign a new number range, and assign the item category for consignment only to this type. This way, you can differentiate consignment purchase orders from other types of purchase orders based on their document type and number range. The item category for consignment is K, which indicates that the goods remain in the vendor’s ownership until they are consumed.

To enable the system to check the shelf life of materials at goods receipt, you must meet the following prerequisites:

• The purchase order item contains the remaining shelf life, which is the minimum number of days that a material must be usable after goods receipt.
• The shelf life expiration date check is activated for the movement type in Customizing, which means that the system will compare the remaining shelf life in the purchase order with the total shelf life in the material master and reject the goods receipt if it does not meet the requirement. References: SAP S/4HANA Sourcing and Procurement | SAP Learning, Course S4510, Unit 2, Lesson 1.